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DePaul Cristo Rey High School

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DePaul Cristo Rey High School
Location
3440 Central Pkwy
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
45225-1405, USA
Information
Type Private, college-preparatory, work-study, Roman Catholic
Established June 5, 2011
School district Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati[1]
Authority Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
President Siobhan Taylor
Principal Jim Schurrer
Grades 9–12
Gender Co-ed
Enrollment 297 (2022-23)
Campus 10 acres, urban
Colors Blue and Gold
Slogan The School that Works for Cincinnati
Mascot Bruin
Tuition Sliding scale based on each family circumstances
Affiliation Cristo Rey Network
Patron St. Vincent de Paul
Website depaulcristorey.org

DePaul Cristo Rey High School (DPCR) is a private, college-preparatory high school located in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The non-diocesan school, which opened June 5, 2011, is one of 37 [2] Catholic high schools that serve the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Named after St. Vincent de Paul, it is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati as a member of the Cristo Rey Network of work-study schools.

History

DePaul Cristo Rey is located one block south of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College at the former German-language Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church (German: Concordia Evangelisch-Lutherisch Kirche),[3] which disbanded on August 23, 2009, a year after closing its elementary school.[4] In November 2009, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati purchased the building and grounds with the intention of establishing a Cristo Rey school.[5]

DePaul Cristo Rey was dedicated June 5, 2011, and welcomed its first freshman class on August 17, 2011,[6] to become Cincinnati's first new Catholic school since La Salle, Moeller, and McAuley High Schools opened in 1960.[7]

Work-study

Following the Cristo Rey model, DePaul Cristo Rey's Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP) partners with over 90 local businesses and community organizations in a one-of-a-kind program in Greater Cincinnati. Students go to school four days a week and work one day at a business or organization helping to finance their own private, college-prep high school education as they grow professionally and personally working side-by-side with adults in workplaces around the region. In the nine years since the first class graduated (in 2015), every senior, every year has been accepted to college.

References

  1. Back to citation Although located within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Public Schools, DePaul Cristo Rey is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.
  2. Back to citation "Home - Cristo Rey Network". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. Back to citation "Concordia Lutheran Church". The Sacred Spaces of Greater Cincinnati and the German Influence.
  4. Back to citation "Concordia Lutheran Church Will Close". Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church. July 27, 2009. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
  5. Back to citation Amos, Denise Smith (November 4, 2009). "New Catholic school selects site". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company.
  6. Back to citation Amos, Denise Smith (August 6, 2011). "DePaul Cristo Rey students get down to business". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 16, 2011. “Two weeks before DePaul Cristo Rey High officially opens its doors as Cincinnati's first new Catholic high school in over 50 years, some in its first freshman class are already getting a case of the jitters.”
  7. Back to citation Amos, Denise Smith (October 21, 2010). "First Catholic High School in 50 Years Nears". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Retrieved August 16, 2011.

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